In 2019, a TV series titled Godfather of Harlem was created following his story. Bumpy Johnson's wife, Mayme Hatcher Johnson, was a native of North Carolina but spent most of her life in Harlem.

The "true story" of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by ...